Family tree Van Melzen-Van Melsen » Maria van Gent (1892-1980)

Day of marriage March 23, 1917

• The temperature on March 23, 1917 was between -3.4 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

Day of death September 15, 1980

• The temperature on September 15, 1980 was between 11.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
  • September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
  • September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • October 17 » As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
  • November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
  • December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)